(These photos have swept away the last shred of resistance I was trying to maintain as I work my way through the various Czech seed collection lists. I'm just going to ask for one of everything. :rolleyes: :o)

Ah, I have lost MANY MANY hours on the Marijn van den Brink site, a tremendous resource and certainly some of the most incredible alpines ever. The photographs are outstanding, and there's information on most species. I really value a resource such as this where there are so many excellent photographs (almost all plants identified) showing plants in the wild in documented locations. I found one plant (on one of the links you posted) that was listed as "??" without an ID, yet it looked familiar to me, surely if was the endemic Chinese version (Phytolacca polyandra) of the American Poke Weed (Phytolacca americana). More about this small but toxic genus here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6788.0

I did offer a comment on the site as to the ID :)

The site is so useful because you can go to Marijn's main site at http://photos.v-d-brink.eu/and do a search on any genus, like Corydalis or Acantholimon, to just explore his photos on that genus, aqnd feast one's eyes. Thanks for the reminder Lori; everyone should bookmark this destination.

Well, now I'm in for it, I can see I'll be spending a great deal of time Marijn's site, and, as you said Lori, on some of the incredible seed lists, I too will want one of everything! Thanks for the links...

Who in the world might I ask, can outshine the quality or outnumber the quantity of images displayed by Marijn van den Brink or John Lonsdale. We are so very fortunate to have such magnificent resources at our fingertips and at our disposal.

Cliff Booker A.K.A. Ranunculus
On the moors in Lancashire, U.K.
Usually wet, often windy, sometimes cold ... and that's just me!